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iris427
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Flame me, please
iris427
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I have become that neurotic, paranoid 1st trier I always found incredibly annoying. But after a c/p last month and spotting a few days ago, I have officially become insane.
1. I keep POAS every morning and then lining the tests up to see if the lines are getting darker, as if that will tell me anything.
2. Every time I pee, I not only check the TP but squint at it and turn it around for the light to catch it at different angles and analyze exactly what hue we are talking about here.
3. About once an hour I sit around and worry if I am having enough symptoms and if they seem like more or less than the day before or even the hour before.
And I'm only like 4w2d. Yeah.
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Re: Flame me, please
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When is your first appt hon?
The Mouse ~ 06.12.08 | The Froggy ~ 02.23.11
I haven't called to make it yet. ::blushes::
1. I POASd until just under 6 weeks. At which point two things happened... I realized that at that point I had so much HCG in my system, it would not really show me anything other than that I had HCG in my system and... H took the rest of my sticks away.
2. I am almost to the 2nd tri and still check. Though, I have been spotting on and off since 5 weeks 2 days. Fun times.
3. I did that until my sonogram during week 9 and I saw a healthy baby in there. You can't help but worry, no matter what you went through to get where you are. I think of it as us being mothers.
So... yea.... no flaming here.
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Congrats on your BFP! I must have missed your announcement on TTGP.
And no flames from me...I did all of the things you did for sure. I think I peed on a stick every day from my BFP (3w5d) until I was like 6.5 weeks. It's hard to relax, I know. Especially after a loss and spotting.
TTC #1 Since July 2009 slightly low progesterone, endo, kinked right tube, Clomid, Lap and Hysteroscopy, and 13 months TTC = BFP! (7/23/10) Cautiously Expecting... 8/19/10 - it's TWINS!... 11/8/10 - Boy/Girl twins! Born 37w4d
I do all of the above. I think lots of people do.
Congratulations again!
I'm with you! I check my TP constantly and freak out when my symptoms go away temporarily (as though I want to be nauseous 24/7).
Good luck and CONGRATS!
The only advice I can give you is to try to remind yourself that the pregnancy is out of your control. You can eat good foods, rest and take a vitamin - that's all you can control. When you finally surrender your control of the pregnancy to something else - God, fate, whatever - you'll feel much better.
Hang in there, Iris.
Call and make an appt. woman!!!
The Mouse ~ 06.12.08 | The Froggy ~ 02.23.11
After so long TTC and checking cervix location, CM, taking OPKs, etc. it's second nature for my bathroom breaks to be a science experiment. Still, try to relax. Also, stop with the HPT- at this point if something went wrong it would show up positive for a bit anyways.
Congrats on your BFP- we're all in the same boat!
Can you call and ask your ob's office if you can come in to have beta levels drawn? Tell them you are concerned since you had a bit of spotting and because of your chemical pregnancy last time. I'm sure they will be sympathetic.
I had 2 sets of betas done the other week because of my m/c back in March and it did help ease my mind a bit.
I would still be peeing on sticks if DH didn't take them away. I still had 9 left to pee on (after previously peeing on 24 - yes, i have a problem).
TP gets checked every time I go to the bathroom still. In fact, sometimes I make trips to the bathroom JUST to check the TP.
My symptoms totally disappeared (except for 2 and they are ambiguous) at 10 weeks so I have spent the last 2 weeks in complete over analyzing mode.
You, my dear, are definitely not alone.
Yup, you are not alone.
I just had an u/s on Monday and today I'm like, "I wonder if I'm pregnant."
Seriously, it's a disease. We need to stop the maddness!
I took my third HPT on Thursday and I still analyze my toilet paper everytime I pee.
I was so paranoid during my 1st trimester I was driving my husband nuts. I took at least 6 pregnancy tests 3 digital and 3 regular just to make sure I was still pregnant. I look up every horror story online which made it worse because i can be somewhat of a hypochondriac and I still even though im always 12 weeks along check TP for anything. So i'd say just relax and enjoy your pregnancy it sucks to worry all the time.
I must have missed your BFP announcement (too many boards to keep up with)! Congrats! I totally understand your paranoia, and I have a batch of internet cheapie tests, too, so I would be POAS all the time if I got a BFP.
Pee....Wipe......Immediately check TP....Turn it side to side and inspect for any sign of pink/brown at all...Repeat, wipe, check, just to be sure = Me in the bathroom.
Your are NOT alone